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Thesaurus: louping

An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflamm…

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  1. An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
  2. An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domesticanimals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremorsand spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. Theprincipal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering thebrain and spinal cord.
  3. -ing form of loup n. See 1st Loop.